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Im jamie colby, and today im in tucson, arizona, to meet the family of a man who spent his entire life building beautiful homes, and it led him to amass a collection of what some would say was lessthanfunctional furniture but others insist were works of art. My name is Diane Bennett. I was married to Edmund Bennett for 30 years. He left us an inheritance that had collectors around the world buzzing. Hi, diane. Hi, jamie. Diane was eds third wife. This is the last of eight homes they shared until his death in 2013. Oh, my. This is a history of 33 years of a blended family, eds children, my children, ed, and me. Diane, tell me about edmund. Well, he was a very complex man. He was very pragmatic but a real romantic. Born in washington, dc, in 1920, bennett serves in both world war ii and korea. By 1953, hes ready for peacetime and takes a job at the state department. He and his first wife, wilda, are making their own contribution to the baby boom. He buys two lots in washington, with plan
Still causing jenners in the auto market for obvious reasons as of the end of april the United States had a total trade value with mexico of just over 203000000000. 00 which the us accounted for importing 58 percent of that total this imbalance has put the us at a nearly 31000000000. 00 deficit with mexico just in 2019 i want comes to autos the contrast is even more stark with 2 of the 3 top imports to the u. S. Being Motor Vehicles and car parts respectively through the end of april this sector accounted for more than 21000000000. 00 worth of imports according to data from the u. S. Census bureau so while automakers can get a gasp of relief for now what could a scenario a terrorist look like in a sucher so reliant on trade here to help us break it all down is lauren fix the car coach lauren welcome back lauren autos were the major stakeholder considered at risk in this sort of contrived convers confrontation even more than agriculture because of the. A multinational nature of car prod
President donald trump issues a quickly contested declaration of victory on friday night mexican and u. S. Officials issued a joint statement on migration issues mr trump soon tweeted that the terrorists who threaten to impose on mexican goods were here by indefinitely suspended the New York Times quickly pointed out that the agreement mostly repackaged or accelerated previous mexican commitments no reference can be found in the text of the agreement for mr trumps claim that mexico committed to major new purchases of u. S. Agriculture products mr trump also signaled he may need a new his Terror Threats over migration issues in the future president Manuel Lopez Obrador reacted to the agreement. Im very satisfied with the deal that was reached with the United States very happy because hes avoided a crisis an economic Financial One where it was no small thing to represent. Even the ones we dont see eye to eye with the impact. Would result from the tariffs. And although tariffs on mexico h
York times quickly pointed out that the agreement mostly repackaged or accelerated previous mexican commitments no reference can be found in the text of the agreement for mr trumps claim that mexico committed to major new purchases of u. S. Agriculture products mr trump also signaled he may need a new his Terror Threats over migration issues in the future mexican president Manuel Lopez Obrador reacted to the agreement. Im very satisfied with the deal that was reached with the United States very happy because hes avoided a crisis an economic Financial One when it was no small thing to represent as economists even the ones we dont see eye to eye with the impact that would result from the tariffs. And although tariffs on mexico have been avoided for the time being the threat still looms and this is still causing jitters in the autumn. Good for obvious reasons as of the end of april the United States had a total trade value with mexico of just over 203000000000. 00 of which the us accounte